Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Esri Wins United Nations

Redlands-based Esri, the developer of mapping and geographical information systems (GIS) software, reported this week that it will be powering a new platform for the United Nations, to help report on progress for sustainable development goals. According to Esri, the work with the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) will be used to measure, monitor, and report on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for member states. Financial details of the win were not announced. The new system is based in Esri's ArcGIS platform. Esri did not say what that win was worth, financially, to the company.

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